Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 1348: Chapter 623: Super Cities Across the Continent, the Rise of the Talisman City

Julu City.

This is the nearest Human Race city to Tang Zirui.

According to the description of those Low-Tier Cultivators, the population of this Human Race city exceeds 3 billion.

It can be said that this is not particularly large, just a Middle-sized city.

After all, it’s said that some super cities on the Southern Continent might have populations reaching hundreds of billions.

A city is akin to a human nation, and its scale is simply beyond imagination.

“Is this Julu City?”

Before long, Tang Zirui arrived at Julu City.

He looked at the distant, gigantic city, unable to see its end.

Julu City, standing at the tail of the Julu Spirit Vein, spans thousands of miles, with city walls stretching like a dormant Ancient Giant Beast. It is a colossal Spiritual city accommodating 3 billion cultivators, a famous cultivator hub in Julu territory. Those who come and go seek the Dao, opportunities, or engage in cultivator trades, with not a trace of mundane smoke or fire, only thick Spiritual Qi dense enough to form mist, infused with the clear brilliance of runes, pervading every inch of the city.

The entire city is shrouded in a pale cyan Grand Array. The array does not overtly reveal itself, but merges with the city walls and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Only when cultivators circulate Spiritual Power to scrutinize, can they see a myriad of delicate threads of Spiritual Light weaving a giant invisible net overhead, with flowing runes set into the net’s eyes, ancient and mysterious.

When the array operates, the Spiritual Light appears and disappears. Occasionally, when a breeze passes, fine rune ripples surface, protecting the city from Demon Beasts and Evil Cultivators, while locking in the city’s Spiritual Qi, maintaining its concentration at a hundred times that of the outside world—this is the foundation upon which Julu City accommodates 3 billion cultivators for habitation and cultivation.

The azure-black city walls rise a thousand feet high, cast from a mixture of black iron and Spiritual Jade, their surface covered densely with mysterious runes, either hidden in the brick and stone patterns or floating atop the walls. Their colors vary from dark gold, deep blue, to scarlet, with ancient and indistinguishable patterns resembling birds and beasts bearing spirits, stars and rivers flowing, or Dao patterns evolving.

These runes are not inanimate; every few breaths they faintly circulate, emitting gentle Spiritual Power fluctuations, resonating with the Grand Array, serving as its extension and the second barrier of the city. Even if a high-tier cultivator attacks with full force, it’s hard to leave even a shallow mark on the walls, only a few faint indentations from past battles embedded with dried Spiritual Blood and remnants of Magical Treasure, silently recounting past perils.

The city has four gates, each gate refined from ten thousand pounds of Spirit Crystal, ten feet high and five feet wide, with giant town-guarding runes engraved on the surface, their Spiritual Light solidified as if tangible. On either side of each gate stands four stone Spirit Guards a zhang high, enveloped in runes, emanating the pressure of the Nascent Soul Stage. Their eyes flicker with Spiritual Light, intensely watching the passing cultivators but not proactively hindering them—only those without Julu City passage tokens or with abnormal Spiritual Power fluctuations will be stopped by the Spirit Guards to verify their identity and purpose.

“No way, is this the Dragon Vein House Charm?”

“Has the Dragon Vein here reached such a level?”

“Who on earth could have cultivated the Dragon Vein House Charm to such a degree?”

“Merely the Dragon Vein condensed in this area alone might rival a cultivator at the Refining Void Perfection.”

Tang Zirui’s pupils contracted.

He wasn’t too surprised by a city such as this one for cultivators, after all, during the Ancient Era in the Void Realm, similar cities had been built countless times and were no longer a novelty.

What truly astonished him was the enormous True Dragon spiraling above the city.

This giant dragon was formed by the condensation of Spirit Veins and Destiny, appearing and disappearing.

Only by special means could one truly observe this giant dragon.

He perceived that the dragon vein of this dragon was gathered with tens of thousands of Spirit Veins and could ceaselessly devour Spiritual Qi from a region spanning millions of kilometers.

It seemed as though Julu City had transformed into a vast ocean of Spiritual Qi.

Numerous small Spirit Veins flow like rivers, converging in the ocean, continually expanding the ocean’s area.

This is also an important reason why the city can accommodate a population of 3 billion.

If it were a place with thin Spiritual Qi, it would absolutely not be able to accommodate so many cultivators.

“No, it’s more than that, this Dragon Vein is so terrifying that it’s not only devouring the Spiritual Qi of various Spirit Veins.”

“The truly important aspect is that it can continuously devour Void Energy.”

“The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi contained in Spirit Veins is limited, but the energy of the void is unlimited.”

“In fact, this is the great advantage of the Dragon Vein House Charm; it can devour Void Energy, then convert it into Spirit Vein Spiritual Qi, thereby supporting the endless cultivation of countless cultivators.”

Tang Zirui’s eyes flickered.

He certainly knew of the Dragon Vein House Charm’s various mystical attributes, but only when this talisman is cultivated to the Perfection Level can a Dragon Vein evolve to the point of devouring Void Energy.

Once this Realm is reached, there is no need to worry about thin Spiritual Qi because it can create its own Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, forming an immense Spirit Vein area by swallowing endless Void Energy.

Undoubtedly, Julu City is exactly like this now.

Even over time, as the Dragon Vein’s power grows stronger, it can accommodate even more people.

It’s simply an infinitely growing giant city.

Truly beyond imagination.

“Is this the case of the younger surpassing the older?”

“I didn’t expect the descendants of the Primordial Talisman Sect in this era have truly inherited part of the Tao lineage.”

“Moreover, to have cultivated the art of talismans to such a level is simply incredible.”